People · United Kingdom
Taylor Smyth
3×3 · top 7.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019SMYT02
Taylor Smyth has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.08, set at Don't DNF Dublin 2020, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 569th in the United Kingdom. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2019, he has put 190 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.62 in June 2019 to 10.08, a 20% improvement. Taylor has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.08 | 12.43 | top 7.7% | 569 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 4.03 | top 9.6% | 634 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.05 | 25.72 | top 20.7% | 393 / 1,861 | |
| Skewb | 5.36 | 10.17 | top 21.0% | 484 / 2,439 | |
| Square-1 | 20.90 | 22.16 | top 30.0% | 286 / 789 | |
| Clock | 11.50 | 13.55 | top 32.5% | 438 / 1,255 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.74 | 1:46.06 | top 33.3% | 381 / 998 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.40 | 1:11.09 | top 39.1% | 869 / 2,112 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Belfast Winter 2023.
- 7 Mar 2020Four personal bests in one day at Don't DNF Dublin 2020.
- 2 Nov 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Every Event Éire 2019.
- 31 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019First competition: Irish Championship 2019. A 12.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Belfast Summer 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Belfast Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't DNF Dublin 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Every Event Éire 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Simon Kelly — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Scott Froggatt — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Seán O'Toole — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.